My Letter to the 6G Celicas Community Options

[Coomer]

This site has been going downhill. Some of you may have noticed
this...others are no longer here because of it. No-one knows this better
than myself. Little things turn into big arguments and many act as if
they're elite or just have bad attitudes in general. It's been this way
for too long, but enough is enough. It's going to stop.

Years ago, I knew nothing about my car. I bought it not even realizing
that there were seperate hatchback and coupe models. I started this site
with little knowledge myself, and as time went by, the site grew
quickly, as did my knowledge of the Celica. Fast forward to today, and I
drive one of the most unique and fun cars on the street. I've met dozens
of cool people and helped a lot of people out, and I've always had fun
doing it.

This site is a resource for the sixth generation Toyota Celica. Lately
though, it's felt more like a playground. People run around saying
whatever they want with little regard to others. Some people seem like
they're here to learn and contribute. Others may have just forgotten the
purpose of the site but can shape up and behave. Some seem like they're
just here to cause trouble. And then there are a few who have attitudes
as if they're elite.

Let me say this. No-one is better than anyone else here. You should
treat the guy who registered yesterday with with the same level of
respect that you show to me. Let me talk about respect for a minute. You
don't have to like everyone here, but you must treat everyone with
respect. There's no room for negative comments towards others or their
cars or an elitist attitude.

My main point with this letter is that the 6G Celicas community is
hurting. Smart, contributing members are being driven away by all the
garbage and negativity. As are brand new members, some with very little
knowledge like we ALL once had.

Some of you may remember the Celica.net days. Had I come to Celica.net
with my new car and no knowledge, posted a simple question, and received
a bombardment of disrespect and no answers, I would have left. I
wouldn't be here today. This site wouldn't be here today. But no, I was
greeted and treated with respect. People politely answered my questions
and pointed me in the direction of the search engine. I learned, and I
turned around and returned the favor by means of building this site to
help people out. My point is that everyone on here needs to be treated
with respect. You never know who might be the next pioneer.

The fact is that we're hurting ourselves. People are being driven away.
This may not be sad for some of you, but for those who love the sixth gen.
Celica and are here to learn and contribute, it's a tragedy.

It's time for a change, and change is coming. The choice is yours. If you're
here to learn and contribute and you want the community to live on, I'm
glad and I hope you enjoy it here. If you want to have a bad attitude and
cause problems, please leave now. If you think you're elite and are going
to post with that attitude that you're better than everyone else, please
leave now.

We need everyone's help to change and turn the site around. New rules
are now online. Everyone needs to follow them, or there will be consequences.

Management will be using the member warning system much more and we
won't hesitate to stop members who don't follow the rules from posting
without moderator approval.

This forum can be great. It's going to once again be great. We need all of your
help, and we need it now.

Thank You,
Christian Coomer


P.S.

• Again, new rules are available here.
• The feedback system for buyers/sellers will be online shortly.
• On each post, you'll see a "Report This Post" link to the left under the author's details. If you find that a post is inappropriate, please use this link to report it.
• 3-Letter searching isn't available on my current hosting setup(I asked and they said no.) I need a dedicated server, and that'll be probably $150-200 a month, so once the member subscriptions system is online, I should be able to fund that, move the site to a new dedicated server, and implement 3-letter searching.

[brianforster]

I cant wait for 3 letter searching! What is the member subscriptions system?

by the way, i think its gotten better moreso than like a year ago, i think that was the last time you posted about the site going downhill and added more moderators (there were only a few at that time) so comign from a member thats been here a while in my opinion it has improved.

the only thing ive seen ridiculous recently is the MD meet thread where playr and yungazz faught and someone said they were gonna bring some guy to fight and stupid crap like that, but i do believe they made up.

[JFrost9]

i swore i wouldnt post in this, but i think these are some great ideas... i love this forum, and its hard sometimes because we all love our cars even more...ive only been around since august, so im not sure how it use to be, but id like to see this place rise again.

-JoSh.

[Jaws4God]

well said coomer.. thats what I loved about this site.. People were so welcoming and friendly.. and weren't mean to me as I learned about my car. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help get the site back to the great community it once was. :-)

[Mike]

point well made

[My2Celi]

I have so much respect for you coomer. i mean that letter was wow.

[Kodak]

Thanks Coomer!!! I'm a new member and now I feel better about posting than before. I WILL research first though.

[97lestyousay]

I think most members want to help as much as they can,
some talk more smak than others. I hope I never come
off to another member as being better in anyway than
them or talking down. If I have ever done this I apologize,
it was never my intention. It's hard to see the same questions
asked over and over an still be patient with people. I will do
my best to help others .
It is a great site and anything we can do to make it better is always
good.

This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: Mar 18, 2006 - 5:52 AM

[celica47]

Thanks Coom....i knew that problem was coming to head. Hopefully everything will get back to Normal.

[Jen]

Thank you.

[CelicaZR]

Ever since I've first visited this site, I've loved it
You Coomer, moderators and the members have
made it a wonderful place to read and discuss
things that we all share a passion for.
I have notice some argument among members, and am
very disappointed when reading those posts.
I hope I have not offended anyone here yet.
I would hate to see this site go down because of something silly as this.
I would know how to spend my free time

"Treat others the way you want to be treated"

[Defgeph]

Very well put Coomer.

I'm very happy about this, I want to see this site back to where is used to be. I will be watching as many posts as I can. With a little help from everybody, we can stop the attitudes some people have and turn this place right around.


If you need some friendly help you can count on me.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

It breaks my heart when I see this post. I knew things were getting out of hand, but I can't believe it's gotten to this point. I'm glad that something is now being done, but sad that something has to be done. I agree with all the new rules. I thought they all were kind of unspoken on here in the first place. I'll try my best to do my part around here.

[Batman722]

I'll try my best to do my part around here.

that is what we should all do, all the time.

[Fate]

very well put and very necessary.

[hitcachi]

Coomer.....I'm an addict. Hi, my name is Jim and I'm an addict. Ask any of my roommates, or close friends. I am on this site religously when ever Im not at work or school. You cant put a price on the vast amount of information I've learned from those more knowledgable then me. For this I say, Thank you. In person Im am a sarcastic dipwad, but now that I see the impact that it can have on this community, you can count on me to be helpful in anyway.

-Jim

[j0e_p3t]

i love this place

[nader]

well said coomer, this site and the people here have helped me with so much, ive been able to learn a lot about my car...and i hope to be able to do the same for someone else. ive even made some new friends

[K-ESD]

totaly agree with you

[Nibbe]

I would say you have to put this onto the front page for everyone to see it and read it. Thats some really good points you got there and i know from other forums what are you afraid of. Coomer keep up the good work.